KTBS: DocTalk - Balancing Your LIfe Can Greatly Improve Mental Health

Balancing Your LIfe Can Greatly Improve Mental Health

01/04/23 • 37 min

Dr. Mike Sewell discusses how becoming a Hospitalist taught him to work smarter, not harder, and how valuable sleep is when you have a demanding full-time job and other obligations. The medical profession is finding a correlation between slowing down to get more done and stabilize your mental health.

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